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12:44 PM.In a matter of weeks Te Papa will do the big reveal for its new art gallery space, spanning two floors of the museum. One of the exhibitions selected to launch the new space is a 30 year retrospective… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Almost 20 years ago now, Park Road Post forged its name on the international scene working on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Their big project this year is Mortal Engines, but just as close to their… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Dark, dystopian and disturbing, artist Ruth Watson's new work Geophagy at COCA examines the challenges of overpopulation and the environmental issues on a planet straining to satisfy our appetites. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:45 PM.What sorts of things do people write about? What rises to the top and what sinks out of trace? And most importantly overall, Do we have a New Zealand voice? These are all questions that Auckland… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.The Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship has been announced, awarding two writers a four-month residency each in the Sargeson Centre in Auckland. They are: Auckland playwright and actor Carl Bland, who will… Read more Audio

12:32 PM.They're calling it the Snexit; Basement Theatre's long-serving development manager Sam Sneddon is quitting to go back to acting. It's been six years since Sam agreed to help Charlie McDermott and… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.There's never been a more important time to hear from a diverse range of voices on stage, says the writer-director of OTHER [chinese] Alice Canton. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Neil Silverwood has just been named New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year for a portfolio of images shot deep underground. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Simon Morris looks back on 2017 - a year of two Star Wars films, two Lego films and two films mostly about Dunkirk. It was also a year that finally did a little more than pay lip-service to the idea… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.2017 has been an extraordinary one for New Zealand films. Say what you like about the quality of 2017, the sheer quantity of titles has been extraordinary. It's across the board too - documentaries… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Who killed baby Ara? It could be another headline to another news story about another child killed by a family member or step parent. Which is very much the point of Hone Kouka's new play Bless the… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:16 PM.Kaikoura residents are sharing their own stories of life since the November 2016 earthquake altered the seaside community in so many ways. They come up with all kinds of ways to describe their… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:49 PM.In Canada artists, activists and academics from around the world are debating what the future holds for indigenous people. It's the third Symposium on the Future Imaginary and the first time the… Read more Audio

2:35 PM.Jennifer Lane's novel All Our Secrets is set in a small rural community where a religious sect have moved in and divided the locals. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Sian's Dublin based company Super Paua creates theatre with a strong social focus for children and teenagers. For the residency though, she's writing a solo show inspired by her Irish and New Zealand… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.What do the award nominations tell us about what's hot and what's not in theatre. Are these three main centres producing very different work or is there a lot of crossover? Read more Audio, Gallery